An elderly Queensland couple who could lose their home and business after falling victim to the alleged mastermind of a massive tax-evasion scheme say their plight is "soul destroying" and "devastating".

Saudi King Salman issues a decree saying women in the ultra-conservative kingdom will be allowed to drive by June next year, fulfilling a key demand of women's rights activists who faced detention for defying the ban.

US President Donald Trump continues his war of words with the NFL, calling on the popular league to introduce a rule banning players from kneeling during the US national anthem, days after saying team owners should fire players who did so.

Was Lachlan Macquarie a "mass murderer who ordered the genocide of Indigenous people" as academic Bronwyn Carlson claims? RMIT ABC Fact Check delves into a fraught and controversial part of our history.